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. 1995 Feb;18(2):109-14.
doi: 10.1016/s0882-4010(95)90101-9.

Subcutaneous implanted chambers in different mouse strains as an animal model to study genetic stability during infection with Lyme disease Borrelia

M Jonsson  1 , T Elmros, S Bergström
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Subcutaneous implanted chambers in different mouse strains as an animal model to study genetic stability during infection with Lyme disease Borrelia

M Jonsson et al. Microb Pathog. 1995 Feb.

Abstract

Tissue metal net cages were implanted subcutaneously in BALB/cJ and C3H/Tif mice as an experimental model of Borrelia burgdorferi infection. B. burgdorferi sensu stricto strain Sh2-82 could be isolated up to 14 weeks after the inoculation. However, a significant difference in infectivity between the two mice strains was observed. C3H/Tif mice were more susceptible to developing chronic B. burgdorferi s.s. infections than BALB/cJ mice. Although a B. burgdorferi infection was established, no rearrangements in the ospA and ospB genes were observed in any of the infected mice.

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